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A childhood favorite sock puppet will help officiate a wedding in Louisville this weekend and Lamb Chop's appearance is just part of what makes the nuptials unusual. It might be seen as a slightly wacky twist on a wedding but it is also raising money for good.

“The container is a perfect example of how innovative thinking specifically for these farmers can make a significant impact,” Jane Maindi, who managed Heifer International’s East Africa Dairy Development research efforts, said in a statement. “Kenyan farmers who participated in our pilot program have been raving about Mazzi and crediting it with reducing wastage and spillage, improving yields and increasing their incomes.”

Visits to the 250-acre ranch start with a video presentation on Heifer, which describes itself as "a charity organization working to end hunger and poverty around the world by providing livestock and training to struggling communities."

Eighty one animal dispersals under a public-private partnership program were passed-on by to families covered by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the province. The partnership is between the International Association for Transformation (IAT) through its “passing the gift for peace project” and Heifer Philippines on the private sector side, and local government units that have jurisdiction over these 4Ps and the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the public sector.

Lucky is part of the wonderful organization Heifer International, which has been improving the lives of people around the world for more than 70 years by giving farm animals to people in poor countries. The animals provided by Heifer International are used to plow fields, provide wool for clothes and produce food like milk and eggs, thus changing people’s lives by ending hunger and poverty.

In this exclusive trailer for the web series Roustabout from Comedy Central’s CC:Studios, comedian Kurt Braunohler is jet skiing from Chicago to New Orleans in order to get goats and chickens to African families in need. What’s that you say?

Thandi (Tutu-Gxashe) gives her thoughts on food insecurity and why she joined the Board of Heifer International South Africa. She shares her passionate about public health especially in the fight against HIV/AIDS and the advancement in the protocols being used in South Africa.

"Not only is this gift unique, but it really does make a huge difference for families in underdeveloped regions around the world. Many of our Samasource workers have benefited from a Heifer goat ($120), so I like to spread the word. Give a goat!"

The Wise Olde Goats, a luncheon club of well-connected mostly retired professional men, introduced the governor to Ouachita, a white Saanen goat that will turn 1 in February. And while Ouachita will return to the Heifer Village Ranch in Perryville, the club bought a goat in the governor's name to be sent through Heifer International to a needy family overseas.

Gifts for the eco-conscious: “If the ones you love already have everything, give the gift of giving. The items available in the Heifer catalog offer gifts that help support sustainable farming and provide basic necessities, like clean water, for those in need.”